Biometrics Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Biometrics
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Biometrics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 22 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 6 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 3.87% 0.78% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% 0.99% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £409 £513 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £525 £319
Median % change year-on-year -20.48% +64.84% -
75th Percentile £426 £538 £426
90th Percentile - - £486
East Midlands median daily rate £418 £375 £319
% change year-on-year +11.33% +17.74% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

Biometrics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 128 101 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 82.58% 78.91% 73.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 61 77
10th Percentile £139 £132 £185
25th Percentile £313 £250 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £449
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -10.91% +6.90%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £530
90th Percentile £630 £585 £625
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £413 £443
% change year-on-year +15.15% -6.88% -6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £16.31 £19.03 £14.45
25th Percentile £17.88 £19.81 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.70 £20.90 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +27.75% -8.13% +11.19%
75th Percentile £30.94 £22.60 £25.56
90th Percentile £33.75 £24.94 £27.48
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.31 £20.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year -10.68% +20.59% -55.84%

Biometrics
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Biometrics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Biometrics job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Biometrics
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Biometrics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing Biometrics

Biometrics
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 17 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester +6 6 £418 -20.48% 1
Biometrics
East Midlands

Biometrics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) JMeter
1 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
1 1 (16.67%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Tester
1 6 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared